ODNR has new game check process

5:04 AM,
May 8, 2013

Written by

Dave Weidig
Sports Writer

It might be a change for some hunters, but the Ohio Department of Natural Resources thinks its new game checking procedure is user friendly.

The new process applies to spring turkey, fall turkey and white-tailed deer hunting season. The spring turkey season started April 22 and runs through May 19.

A new feature this year is hunters will have to make their own game tag to attach to the turkey or deer. Game tags can be made of any material (cardboard, plastic, paper, etc.) as long as it contains the hunter's name, date, time and county of kill. Write legibly with a pen or permanent marker. The ODNR ...